Overview
This article will show you how to add Speaking Rights to a member. In this process, no one has requested Speaking Rights but you want to manually grant speaking rights.
Board Members can request Speaking Rights during a meeting.
Instructions
- Navigate to Agendas
- Select the Agenda you want to start
- Click the Minutes button
- Navigate to the Summary tab
- If there are no requests and you want to initiate speaking rights, Edit the desired item
- Navigate to the Speakers tab
- To add a speaker, click Add Speakers
- Fill in fields
- Speaker Name: Add the speaker's name
- Speaker Type: Choose Board Member, Citizen, Staff Member, or Other
- Duration: In minutes, how long the speaker can speak for
- Click Update
- Click the Timer to start the speaking time
- When you grant time, a Time Left timer will appear on your Clerk-view screen
- When the duration is over, the speaking rights expire and a Tim is Up pop-up appears on your screen
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